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sophia_sol) wrote2022-07-19 09:22 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2022-07-19 09:22 pm
A Mirror Mended, by Alix E Harrow
Sequel to A Spindle Splintered! Featuring the protagonist of a version of the Sleeping Beauty tale who has taken to wandering the multiverse to save other Sleeping Beauties, but ends up in a Snow White variation by accident and meets with the Evil Queen.
When I started the book I was like, sigh, this is leaning real hard on simplistic versions of tropes and I'm bored. But then somehow I got invested and then I was THERE. Look, fractured fairy tale retellings were basically my first fandom, and this is a great representation of the genre, a lot better than much of the dreck I was reading and enjoying as a young kid!
Anyway: the importance of having agency over your own life and story, the value in connections with the people you care about and who care about you, getting to see a version of Snow White as a revolutionary leader overthrowing the monarchy, many great themes in this book. Also, obviously, Sleeping Beauty and the Evil Queen from Snow White kiss.
If you liked the first one, you will like this one! A very fun series, imo.
When I started the book I was like, sigh, this is leaning real hard on simplistic versions of tropes and I'm bored. But then somehow I got invested and then I was THERE. Look, fractured fairy tale retellings were basically my first fandom, and this is a great representation of the genre, a lot better than much of the dreck I was reading and enjoying as a young kid!
Anyway: the importance of having agency over your own life and story, the value in connections with the people you care about and who care about you, getting to see a version of Snow White as a revolutionary leader overthrowing the monarchy, many great themes in this book. Also, obviously, Sleeping Beauty and the Evil Queen from Snow White kiss.
If you liked the first one, you will like this one! A very fun series, imo.